Virtual Worlds: 3D Berlin in Google Earth

Since this week Germany’s capital Berlin is available as a 3D model within Google Earth. In difference to other 3D worlds already available in Google Earth the buildings within the virtual Berlin have detailed architectural representations including their photorealistic facades. Some buildings can even be visited or entered virtually. So far the present model covers about 10% of the area of Berlin - only a small sample of the official three-dimensional city model of Berlin. The model consists of some 44,000 buildings in the centre of Berlin shown in…

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Science: Nanotechnology barcodes to identify biological weapons

You might still remember the scene from the movie “Blade Runner” when Harrison Ford with the help of a chemist and the serial number on microscopic scale finds out what type of material he is looking at. It seems we got just one step closer to be able to do something similar today. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently developed a novel bio-sensing platform that uses engineered nanowires for biochemical tests…

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Humor: Street corner car wash

If you hate those guys that pretend to clean your wind screen at every second traffic light and actually try to press you to pay money for just having messed up your car these two videos are for you…

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Humor: Animator v Animation 2

This is part two of Animator v Animation - great work any many new ideas. (Part one is “here”) …

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Advertising: Great Pockets

If you are looking for a business suit that would allow you to carry your portable or are just looking for the relaxing comfort of the ladies leisure style – “Great Pockets” does tailor for you. I guess you did understand what is meant latest after you moved through the flash animations of that site - great persiflage done at excellent technical level some will most likely take it for real… Sorry to say – but you might have already found out when you clicked “No Thanks” in the Flash movie that this multimedia animation is actually an…

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Quote of the day: The World and Experts

If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can’t be done.

Peter Ustinov

Humor: Fun you can have with a tractor

Someone replaced the engine of a vintage tractor with one from a VW GTI . Watch the video, quite funny…

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Art: Pencil Sculptures

Outstanding what you can do with pencils - have a look at these incredible sculptures made of pencils only…

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Video: Royksopp - Remind Me

Welcome to our wonderful world of infographics and listen to the music from Royksopp (Remind Me)…

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Advertising: IT sponsored theater plays

Two great and fresh advertising ideas for theater plays. These ads for the ‘Virtual Theater Festival For High Schools’ are on the winners list of the 8th Adprint festival and are a excellent demonstration for the creative ink between a computer maker (HP) and the poetry or theater (performance art)…

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